Golden1 in Sacramento is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer II. This role involves leading automation in both cloud and on-premises environments, managing CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring application uptime with a focus…
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Cloud Architect jobs in Sacramento, CA
Cloud architects design how an organization's systems run on platforms like AWS, Azure, and GCP — balancing reliability, security, and cost, and guiding teams through migrations and growth.
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languages. The role emphasizes collaboration with DevOps, Release Engineering, and cross-functional teams to accelerate delivery and ensure code quality at scale. Proficiency in Go or Python and experience with Kubernete…
this Role: Under general direction of the Information Technology Manager I, the Information Technology Specialist II (ITS II) Cloud Engineer serves as DHCS’ primary technical expert responsible for designing and moderniz…
$115k - $135k
contemporary DevOps practices, this individual is crucial in deploying software solutions, enhancing system sustainability, and implementing cloud- based installations. The Senior DevOps Engineer works closely with softw…
$170.64k - $273.1k
skills and the ability to work closely with team members, both locally and across the organization is required. As a Firmware Architect, regular responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Cross-domain system and p…
$85.07k - $127.28k
Who We Are HMC Architects is an employee-owned design firm with an inherent desire to make a difference in our communities. As a purpose-driven brand based on values, our mission to design for good drives everything we d…
activities at the highest level in support of discovering, assessing, architecting, and delivering the most complex enterprise solutions.... ...strategy, policy, and governance for Caltrans's current and emerging Cloud t…
Arctiq is a global, intelligence-driven technology services company delivering professional and managed services across Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure, Networking & Connected Experiences, Cybersecurity, Data & AI, Autonomou…
$83.6k - $154k
encouraged? Are you looking to join a firm that takes real action toward advancing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion? We’re seeking Architects at all stages of their careers—from developing practitioners to experienced le…
$65.59k - $98.55k
Who We Are HMC Architects is an employee-owned design firm with an inherent desire to make a difference in our communities. As a purpose-driven brand based on values, our mission to design for good drives everything we d…
$117.7k - $154k
work for a firm that is taking concrete actions toward Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion? We’re looking for an experienced Senior Architect to join our Education team in our Sacramento office. The Education team works on…
infrastructure environment and resources both on premises and in the Azure cloud. This involves collaborating with other infrastructure staff,... ...and associated efforts. ~ Collaborates with Software Architects and App…
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What cloud architects earn in Sacramento
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $50–$65 | $103k–$135k |
| Mid level | $65–$86 | $135k–$178k |
| Senior | $83–$114 | $173k–$238k |
Adjusted for the Sacramento market from national ranges.
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What employers ask for
The skills these listings keep naming
Deep AWS, Azure, or GCP expertiseArchitecture patterns and tradeoffsNetworking and security designInfrastructure as codeCost modeling and FinOpsMigration planningKubernetes and containersStakeholder communicationWriting architecture documents
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Interview questions worth rehearsing
With the thing the interviewer is actually listening for
Design a highly available architecture for a customer-facing web application.
Ask about requirements and budget first. Cover multi-AZ, load balancing, data replication, and failure modes — and say what you would deliberately not build at this scale.
How would you plan a migration from on-premises to the cloud?
Talk about assessment, choosing rehost versus refactor per workload, sequencing by risk, and running hybrid during the transition. Phased beats big-bang.
A team's cloud costs doubled in a quarter. How do you investigate?
Visibility first — cost explorer, tagging — then the usual suspects: data transfer, oversized instances, forgotten environments. Show you treat cost as an architectural property.
When would you advise against microservices?
Small teams, unclear domain boundaries, or operational immaturity. Arguing against a fashionable pattern with specifics is a strong signal for an architect.
How do you get engineering teams to actually follow your architecture?
Influence over mandate: reference architectures, paved-road templates, and review checkpoints. Acknowledge that unused architecture documents are a failure mode.
How do you design for disaster recovery, and how do you set RTO/RPO?
Explain that RTO/RPO are business decisions with price tags, then map them to backup, pilot-light, or active-active patterns. Mention actually testing the recovery.
Tell me about an architecture decision you got wrong.
Pick a real one, explain the reasoning at the time, and what your process learned from it. Architects who claim a clean record are not believed.
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Resume tips that move the needle
For cloud architects specifically — generic advice costs you here
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Anchor each role in scale and outcomes: workloads migrated, availability achieved, annual spend managed or reduced.
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List current professional-level certifications (AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect); they are near-mandatory screens for this title.
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Show breadth across compute, networking, data, and security — architecture hiring looks for T-shaped depth.
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Include the organizational side: teams guided, architecture reviews run, standards adopted.
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Name a migration or greenfield build you owned end to end; a single deep case study outweighs a list of services.
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Where this role goes
Typical progression
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